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Head of Research

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Greater clarity after the general election should ease worries over a possible coup and a delay in the formation of a coalition government, which we expect to consist of three parties, i.e., the Pheu Thai Party, the Palang Pracharath Party and the Bhumjaithai Party, in our base-case scenario; this would reduce the risk premium of the SET Index, pushing it up to our target of 1,607 points.</li><li>Historical data from the five most recent elections shows that the SET increased by an average of +3.47% in the month after they were held; and in the week before and after the general elections took place, the index rose by 1.87% and 3.81%, respectively.</li><li>The biggest gainers were the finance, property development and ICT sectors. We thus recommend speculating on SIRI, SC, SCB, KBANK, CPALL, INTUCH, ADVANC and MINT.</li></ul>

Greater clarity after the general election should ease worries over a possible coup and a delay in the formation of a coalition government, which we expect to consist of three parties, i.e., the Pheu Thai Party, the Palang Pracharath Party and the Bhumjaithai Party, in our base-case scenario; this would reduce the risk premium of the SET Index, pushing it up to our target of 1,607 points.Historical data from the five most recent elections shows that the SET increased by an average of +3.47% in the month after they were held; and in the week before and after the general elections took place, the index rose by 1.87% and 3.81%, respectively.The biggest gainers were the finance, property development and ICT sectors. We thus recommend speculating on SIRI, SC, SCB, KBANK, CPALL, INTUCH, ADVANC and MINT.

Special Report: Election Rally (History to Repeat Itself)

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.</li>
<li>I currently see 2 ADDs and 2 DELs but the next-in-line names are lurking close to the border.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34915:1" rel="noopener">Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB)</a> is one of these potential ADDs and there might be an interesting pair trade against <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bangkok-life-assurance-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16237:1" rel="noopener">Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB)</a> for the next few weeks. </li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.
I currently see 2 ADDs and 2 DELs but the next-in-line names are lurking close to the border.

Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB) is one of these potential ADDs and there might be an interesting pair trade against Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB) for the next few weeks. 


Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23: TLI Vs BLA Pair Trade Seems Interesting

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for Singapore's ST index ("STI") between now and the September 2023 index review.</li>
<li>With roughly 4 more months left for the base date, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sembcorp-marine-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11:1" rel="noopener">Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP)</a> seems to be an ADD but it is close to the border.</li>
<li>Since the ranking system used for this index in based on prices as at a single point in time, the rankings could change significantly and our expectations could change too.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for Singapore's ST index ("STI") between now and the September 2023 index review.
With roughly 4 more months left for the base date, Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP) seems to be an ADD but it is close to the border.
Since the ranking system used for this index in based on prices as at a single point in time, the rankings could change significantly and our expectations could change too.


Quiddity Leaderboard Singapore’s STI Sep 23: KDCREIT Facing Risk of Deletion

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Meat sector earnings in 1Q23E are expected to have fallen YoY and QoQ as broiler and swine prices have declined alongside increasing feed costs, pressuring gross profit margins.</li><li>In addition, demand has decreased at a faster pace than expected. We therefore revised down our two-year 2023-24E earnings projections by 4-39%.</li><li>This leads us to reduce the investment weighting on the sector, and we choose GFPT as our top pick after the share price weakened previously. </li></ul></div></div></div></div>

Meat sector earnings in 1Q23E are expected to have fallen YoY and QoQ as broiler and swine prices have declined alongside increasing feed costs, pressuring gross profit margins.In addition, demand has decreased at a faster pace than expected. We therefore revised down our two-year 2023-24E earnings projections by 4-39%.This leads us to reduce the investment weighting on the sector, and we choose GFPT as our top pick after the share price weakened previously. 

Meat Sector Expected to Report Lower 1Q23E Earnings YoY and QoQ; Earnings Revised Down

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<li>The completion of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)</a> - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB)</a> merger could cause an intra-review change next week.</li>
<li>There could be two more index changes in the regular review in June 2023.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the current rankings of potential ADDs and potential DELs and their recent price and volume performance. </li>
</ul>


The completion of the Total Access Communication (DTAC TB) - True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB) merger could cause an intra-review change next week.
There could be two more index changes in the regular review in June 2023.
In this insight, we take a look at the current rankings of potential ADDs and potential DELs and their recent price and volume performance. 


Quiddity Leaderboard for SET Jun 23: DTAC-TRUE Intra-Review Changes

Thailand

The Bangkok SET Index is a capitalization-weighted index of stocks traded on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The index was developed with a base value of 100 as of April 30, 1975. 

Thailand SET Index (SET INDEX)

Special Report: Election Rally (History to Repeat Itself)

The biggest gainers were the finance, property development and ICT sectors. We thus recommend speculating on SIRI, SC, SCB, KBANK, CPALL, INTUCH,...

Krungthai XSpring

Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23: TLI Vs BLA Pair Trade Seems Interesting

For TLI, there could be 68.7mn shares to buy which is around 5.7 days of volume and a flow size of US$25mn. The price ratio of TLI vs peer BLA is...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard Singapore’s STI Sep 23: KDCREIT Facing Risk of Deletion

As things stand, there could be one day of volume to buy in Sembcorp Marine and two days of volume to sell in KDCREIT but if share prices fluctuate...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Meat Sector Expected to Report Lower 1Q23E Earnings YoY and QoQ; Earnings Revised Down

Meat sector earnings in 1Q23E are expected to have fallen YoY and QoQ as broiler and swine prices have declined alongside increasing feed costs,...

Krungthai XSpring

Quiddity Leaderboard for SET Jun 23: DTAC-TRUE Intra-Review Changes

There could be 8.2mn shares to buy in Srisawad which translates to an estimated impact of 0.8 days of volume and a flow size of US$13mn.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA